Page 25: …he could hear the sounds of sleepy men, groaning and cussing at the bugler.
Page 46: There was a mark on the man’s forehead, like the wormhole in an apple, only bigger.
Blood poured from the hole, making a puddle around his head.
The man had been shot dead.
Page 50: “Good Lord, I thought she was with you!”
Page 74: “By God, we’ll fight for it…”
Page 77: Thomas gasped in the smoke. Blood spilled into his eyes. He couldn’t breathe.
Page 79: The bullet hit Thomas, and his chest seemed to explode. Thomas hit the ground hard, his body sinking into soft, blood-soaked grass.
Q&A: What caused the Civil War?
But here’s the simplest answer: The war was about slavery.
